Africa Regional Services (ARS Paris) is a branch office of AF/PDPA located in Paris that supports AF posts’ public diplomacy activities. It provides materials and resources in French, as well as products and services to all of Africa, Haiti.

U.S. Consulate Bordeaux

In case of emergency concerning a U.S. citizen, please call the Embassy in Paris +33 1 43 12 22 22. More information is available here. Please refer to these website pages for the U.S. citizen service you require.

Our Presence Post permits building greater understanding and friendship between the people of the United States and the people of Aquitaine, Poitou-Charentes and Limousin.

The two missions of APP Bordeaux are:

To explain American policy, society and culture

To support American business (by helping them to enter French market, information to French companies looking for American goods and services)

Part of our mission is to build bridges between French and American companies in main economic sectors like:

Aeronautics and defense

Electronic components

Agriculture, food processing and wine

Chemicals and pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology

Tourism

Consular District

The Bordeaux consular district includes three regions in southwestern France. The district contains France’s most famous prehistoric caves, many ancient forts and castles, exquisite churches, and most of France’s ultramodern military aerospace industry. The Basque Region, with its mystifying ancient language, is 2 hours south of Bordeaux toward the Spanish border. Other notable cities in the consular district are Bayonne, Pau, Limoges, La Rochelle, Angoulême and Poitiers.

APP Bordeaux does not issue U.S. Visas: All visa questions and applications must be referred to the U.S. Citizen Services in Paris.

U.S. Consulates

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